Imagine being killed by your Best Friend. One person you could fully trust. Would you be happy they saved you from the torturous pain you would endure or would you feel betrayed. Although technically it would not matter because you would be dead. Well this is what happens in a book titled Of Mice and Men. Written by John Steinbeck, it is about two men George and Lennie that are best friends. George is really Lennie's caretaker but they qualify as best friends. The setting is in the Great Depression and they are working to accomplish their dreams of owning a farm to call theirs with rabbits on it. All those dreams came to a screeching crash when Lennie killed their archnemesis’ , Curley's’, wife. Lennie runs away to the river and George ends up shooting Lennie in the back of the head. By doing that he saved
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There are multiple outcomes that could occur They could have earned the money needed to buy the farm and had the opportunity to live out their very much desired dream. Also if they decided to spare his life George could have gotten him help with how to not panic in tense situations and also how to control his bodily function. He even suggests the alternate resolution when he says “couldn’ we maybe bring him in an’ they’ll lock him up. He’s nuts Slim . He never done this to be mean”( Steinbeck 97).
Overall George made a good decision when he decides to take Lennie's life. It was extremely hard for him to do since he really did love him. This decision saved LEnnie a lot of pain and fear because Curley would not have been sympathetic at all. Also Lennie kind of had it coming to him. There are boundaries that you should not cross and if you do then there will be harsh consequences. Maybe he should have been spared because he did not intend to kill Curley’s wife.But who is to say that he would not slip up again and kill or harm someone else again. So the best decision George could make was to kill Lennie
There are multiple outcomes that could occur They could have earned the money needed to buy the farm and had the opportunity to live out their very much desired dream. Also if they decided to spare his life George could have gotten him help with how to not panic in tense situations and also how to control his bodily function. He even suggests the alternate resolution when he says “couldn’ we maybe bring him in an’ they’ll lock him up. He’s nuts Slim . He never done this to be mean”( Steinbeck 97).
Overall George made a good decision when he decides to take Lennie's life. It was extremely hard for him to do since he really did love him. This decision saved LEnnie a lot of pain and fear because Curley would not have been sympathetic at all. Also Lennie kind of had it coming to him. There are boundaries that you should not cross and if you do then there will be harsh consequences. Maybe he should have been spared because he did not intend to kill Curley’s wife.But who is to say that he would not slip up again and kill or harm someone else again. So the best decision George could make was to kill Lennie